Noem & U.S. House Pass Sex Trafficking Bills

Ben Dunsmoor reports:

Rep. Kristi Noem

Washington D.C.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a package of legislation aimed at curbing sex trafficking across the country.

The measures passed Tuesday will create a National Human Trafficking hotline and improve the way states monitor and share information about children who are in foster care and at a higher risk of being trafficked.

Another piece of legislation allows prosecutors to charge websites with a federal crime for knowingly advertising sex with minors. The measure targets websites like backpage.com that often are used by sex traffickers to advertise young girls.